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.Dd October 6, 2023
.Dt RCTL.CONF 5
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm rctl.conf
.Nd resource limits database defaults
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Pa /etc/rctl.conf
file is read in when the system goes into multi-user mode to set default
contents of the RCTL database.
The
.Pa /etc/rctl.conf
is in the format of the
.Xr rctl 8
command, i.e.\&
.Bd -literal -offset indent
subject:subject-id:resource:action=amount/per
.Ed
.Pp
Comments are denoted by a
.Dq #
at the beginning of a line.
Comments can also exist at the end of a line,
as seen in the
.Sx EXAMPLES
section, below.
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width /etc/rctl.conf -compact
.It Pa /etc/rctl.conf
Initial settings for
.Xr rctl 8 .
.El
.Sh EXAMPLES
To limit the number of processes for users in login class "testing",
use a rule like
.Bd -literal -offset indent
# Resource limits for the "testing" class.
loginclass:testing:maxproc:deny=100/user # At most 100 processes per user
.Ed
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr rctl 8
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
file appeared in
.Fx 9.0 .
